The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
ANDRE GIDETrust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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